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Error of fact

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

That is called "error of fact" which proceeds either from ignorance of that which really exisis or from a mistaken belief in the existence of that which has none. Civ. Code La. art. 1821. See Norton v. Maiden, 15 Me. 45, 32 Am. Dec. 132; Mowatt v. Wright, 1 Wend. (N. Y.) 36o, 19 Am. Dec. 508.

Defined under Error in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

That is called “error of fact” which proceeds either from ignorance of that which really exists or from a mistaken belief in the existence of that which has none. Civil Code La. art. 1821.